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22.Channel Labels
These labels reflect the names created in the VST Connections window.
23.Talkback Level
This pop-up fader controls the amount of Talkback signal fed to the output 
of each Studio.
24.Talkback Enable
In order for Talkback signals to be routed to a Studio, this button must be 
lit. Clicking on it turns it on or off. When Talkback Enable is deactivated, 
the Talkback DIM setting has no effect on this output.
25.Metronome Mix
These level and pan controls determine how the...

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The Main Mix and the Control Room channel
The channel configuration of the “Main Mix” (the default 
output) determines what the channel configuration of the 
Control Room channel will be. Switching between a project 
that has a stereo Main Mix to a project that has a 5.1 Main 
Mix will cause the Control Room channel in the Control 
Room Mixer to change from a stereo to a 5.1 configuration.
The Main Mix configuration also determines the layout of 
the Speaker Solo panel. If the Main Mix...

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The other preferences have the following functionality:
Reference Level 
This setting determines the Control Room level used when the Refer-
ence Level button is activated.
Main Dim Volume 
This is the amount of gain reduction applied to the Control Room chan-
nel when the DIM button is activated.
Show Control Room Volume in Transport Panel
This option makes the small fader at the right hand side of the Transport 
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In the Inspector, a Studio Sends tab can be found. This 
will display all Studio Sends for the selected track.
Please note that not all Inspector sections are available by default. To 
show/hide a section, right-click on an Inspector section and activate/
deactivate the desired option on the context menu.
The Studio Sends tab in the Inspector
Each Studio can have a unique name in order to help 
identify what it is being used for. For example, the four 
Studios could be named:
 Vocalist...

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2.In the Control Room Mixer, right-click anywhere in a 
Studio Channel’s mixer strip and a context menu will ap-
pear that has the Studio’s name as a submenu.
This submenu contains all the Studio Send functions for that Studio. If 
you open the context menu outside of a Studio mixer strip, the submenu 
will be for All Studios. 
The Control Room Mixer’s context menu
3.Choose the “Use Current Mix Levels” option to copy 
the fader levels on the selected tracks to the Studio Sends.
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5.Click OK and the level change will be performed.
It is possible to view these changes as they occur if you have the Project 
Mixer open and the extended view set to show the Studio Sends.
Using Studio Sends from outputs
Each output also has Studio Sends. Studio Sends from 
the Main Mix output can be used to route the main mix in-
stantly to the Studio output. 
Any level changes made to the main mix will be reflected 
in the signal sent by the Studio Send. Setting the level 
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WK-Audio’s ID Controller
With the implementation of the Control Room Features, 
functionality for the Monitoring Section of the ID control 
surface has been enabled. The ID has controls for most of 
the Control Room features including:
 Control Room Level

 Control Room Level Meter

 Talkback (with built in mic preamp)
 Talkback DIM
 Listen Bus AFL/PFL

 Monitor Selection

 External Input Switching
 Headphones (with built-in headphone amp)

 Input Selection for Control Room and...

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Audio effects 

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About this chapter
Nuendo comes with a number of effect plug-ins included. 
This chapter contains general details about how to assign, 
use and organize effect plug-ins. The effects and their pa-
rameters are described in the separate manual “Nuendo 
Expansion Kit – Cubase Music Tools for Nuendo 4”.
Overview
There are three ways to use audio effects in Nuendo:
As insert effects.
An insert effect is inserted into the signal chain of an audio channel, which 
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Be aware, however, that this can lead to a situation where 
you added more plug-ins on transport stop than the sys-
tem can handle on playback. Therefore, you should always 
find the passage with the largest number of events playing 
simultaneously to make sure that your system offers the re-
quired performance.
ÖActivating this option can increase your system perfor-
mance a lot in certain projects, but it also makes it more 
unpredictable whether the project can play back fine on 
any...